The weather is cold this year. It is only late October and it has already snowed several times.
In Taoguang Garden, people from the Concubine Palace were admiring the snow.
Queen Zhe Fang Ai, noble concubine Zhao Yu, concubine Shu Feng Xuan, and Zhao Yi Fengdu all sat together, drinking fragrant tea, tasting snacks, chatting and laughing.
Zhao Yu and Feng Xuan are already in their fifties. Although they try their best to take care of themselves, time is not forgiving and they will eventually grow old.
But despite their age, they are still favored. When the saint is tired, he will invite them to spend the night, just hug and talk, and recall the years of mutual affection twenty years ago.
The friendship we walked out of Guanbei together will last a lifetime and no one can replace it.
Next to Zhao Yu stood Caiwei, the saint's favorite daughter. At the age of eleven this year, she was already slim and graceful. She inherited half of her mother's appearance, and was graceful and lovely.
Next to Shao Caiwei is Liang Jing, the daughter of Princess Shao Guoer of Huile, who is thirteen years old this year.
Although the two girls are different in generation, they have always had a close relationship, and they were also talking and laughing at this moment.
"Guo'er, the saint has given Liang's consort three hundred households food entitlements, and they are also in Liyang County. Take some time to go and have a look, I heard there is another courtyard." Zhao Yu put down the teacup and said.
"Okay." Shao Guoer responded softly.
The little girl who used to hide behind her mother is now almost thirty this year. She has a quiet temperament and graceful demeanor, and she looks like she has always been pampered.
A saint is indeed good to his children, whether they are his biological children or not.
"Isn't Hebei still making noise? Is Liyang okay?" Xiao Feng asked.
She is in her early forties this year and has been with the saint for twenty years. She only visits him occasionally and her love is far less than before.
"The main cause of the commotion is Wei Bo and the four states of Bei. There is nothing wrong with the defense." Feng Xuan said: "Liyang is a good place. Liang Prince Consort sealed this place. I don't know how many people are envious of it."
"Liang's consort deserves it for fighting for the official family." Empress Zheshi said with a smile.
Shao Guoer also had some joy on his face. If her husband is capable, it means the future of the family. Generally speaking, as long as royal relatives like them are loyal and qualified, there will be a lot of opportunities, and wealth and honor will not be there.
Next words.
Can't Fu Cunshen sit in the position of commander of the camp in Rouzhou? Can't Feng Yin sit in it? Can't Cai Songyang sit in it? But the opportunity was given to Liang Hanyong, and Liang Hanyong also seized the opportunity, which explains everything.
Shao Caiwei and Liang Jing were a little bored and were already whispering and laughing in private.
"Jinyang sent people to Luoyang again, sending some winter solstice gifts." Zhe suddenly sighed and said, "The two families are still at war, and it's not easy for me, my sister-in-law."
Zhao Yu and others all laughed after hearing this.
Strictly speaking, the Queen and Princess Jin were on the same journey. They both had strong personalities and kept their homes in order. At the same time, they were far-sighted. When one of the two families was in Hexi and the other in Hedong, they kept moving around all year round. Even if they fought endlessly later, they were not completely
Lost contact.
There are really very few people who can do this.
"Although the official family won a victory in Yunzhou, Hedong is not so easy to fight." Zhe added: "If the hostility can be turned into friendship and the two families can become one family, it will not be a bad thing."
The news of Li Cunxiao's surrender to the imperial court has spread to Luoyang, but it has not spread widely and is only spread among high-level officials.
This is not just a matter of Xinyi Gui Sanzhou.
In terms of territory, these three states are indeed very large, but they only have five counties. They are sparsely populated, and the number of Tibetan people far exceeds that of Han people. Their biggest label is poverty.
But Li Cunxiao's identity is no small matter.
Li Keyong had many adopted sons, but not many were truly capable, had military exploits, and had status. There were thousands of adopted sons in the army. In theory, they were all Li Keyong's adopted sons, but they could serve as commanders, governors, and regimental training envoys.
, how many Jiedu envoys are there? Let alone entering the genealogy - so far, only Li Sizhao has been included in the Li family genealogy, so Li Sizhao is theoretically Li Keyong's eldest son.
In his early years, Li Cunxiao charged into battle for Li Keyong, defeated Huang Chao, and ranked first in merit. He also ranked first in merit in defeating the three eastern states of Zhaoyi. He also ranked first in merit in resisting the allied crusade organized by the imperial court, and even captured the Liang Army general Deng Jijun alive.
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Such a tough general has a very high prestige among the Jin army. His rebellion will have a very important joint impact, and may accelerate the disintegration of the forces in Hedong.
Others may not know it clearly, but Shao Shude is very aware of the huge threat that the "psoriasis" in Hedong poses to the Central Plains regime with its capital in Luoyang and Kaifeng.
The time when the Henan court had the greatest advantage over Hedong was during the period of Zhu Quanzhong and Li Keyong, but it failed to destroy Hedong, which made Zhu Quanzhong lament that the Jin traitors were "reviving".
Later, the three dynasties of Later Tang, Later Jin, and Later Han all started in Hedong. Regardless of the process, the terrain advantage of the Hedong separatist party was obviously very conducive to them watching the success or failure of the Central Plains, and taking action at the last moment to determine the overall situation.
The Great Xia imperial court's attitude towards Hedong has gradually become consistent, which is to fight and pull back, often using "temple conspiracy", supplemented by military force, to try to disintegrate the Hedong group's will to resist and reduce the difficulty of military conquest.
As a close friend of Jin Shang, Queen Zhe was of course very aware that Shao Sheng had been planning in this area from a very early stage. Others are less clear, but the Battle of Lu County when the three towns of Yun, Yan and Qi were attacked
, Zhe Fang Ai remembers letting many Hedong soldiers go.
The saint's plans are never improvised. Many strategies often last for many years. According to him, it is a slow simmer, and finally a delicious meal is harvested.
Li Cunxiao brought Xinyi Gui to the Three Prefectures, and this should be the first meal he can taste. If he works harder later, there will probably be a second meal, and a third meal... After a long time, Hedong will collapse on its own.
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"Queen, the Liu family sent people to spy last year, hoping to get Prince Jin's son to marry Xu, what can you say now?" After a moment of silence, Xiao Feng suddenly asked.
The Liu family did mention it last year, and she was very sincere about it. For this reason, she deceived the Liu family - Li Cunxu was originally determined to marry the Liu family.
It's a pity for this generation of musicians who are almost seventeen years old and are still single.
In fact, the Zhe family also agreed to the marriage, and Shao Shude also acquiesced. The marriage partner was the third daughter Foya, born of the Yeli family. She was also seventeen years old this year and was almost an old girl.
Xiaofeng asked at this time, maybe he was entrusted by Yeli Lingji.
"It's hard to say. We just had a big fight this year. It's not that simple." Hearing this, Zhe also frowned, obviously troubled.
There are many women in the official family and many children. The third daughter, Buddha Ya, is not good enough. There are also fourth and fifth daughters, but they may not be able to afford it.
Alas, it is indeed inappropriate to recognize brothers as brothers and then fight and kill them.
"This matter still needs to be decided by the officials. We, the women's Taoists, can only beat the drum." Zhe said with a bitter smile: "This time Li Cunxiao returns to submission, the King of Jin is afraid that he will be furious again, and the matter will probably drag on.
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Xiao Feng nodded silently and sighed.
I'll go find Ye Lishi later and ask her to calm down. If the general trend is like this, Li Keyong may not have much persistence, but there is still a chance. If it doesn't work, just find a noble son who can see it and marry him, regardless of him
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Empress Zhe was enjoying the snow in Taoguang Garden with a large group of concubines, while Shao Sheng was enjoying the snow in Dongdu Garden with a group of ministers.
"I've basically figured out Li Keyong's bad temper." Shao Shude put down his bow and arrow and asked the guards to fetch the downed hare.
"Ke Yong may send troops to attack Xinyi Gui." Chen Cheng rubbed his frozen hands and said, "Shi Shan's friendly army was wounded and killed, and more than 20,000 people were captured and killed. The military towns in Yunzhou also suffered heavy casualties.
.In fact, he has lost face. Li Cunxiao did not choose a good time to surrender, and he may have to bear the wrath of Li Keyong."
After the war in Yunzhou, the troops were counted and found that more than 4,000 people were beheaded on the spot and more than 12,000 people were captured. In the battle to capture the east and west cities of Yunzhou, more than a thousand people were killed and 3,000 were captured.
This was not over yet. In the next half month, the Feilong Army, Yinshan Army, and various Tibetan troops took turns attacking, and captured more than 3,000 prisoners. These people ran away in a hurry, and many of them were tired and hungry.
Many people surrendered voluntarily.
The Guanbei Prefecture soldiers led by Shi Shucong went east to attack the Qing Sai Army, Tiancheng Army and other military towns, killing more than 2,000 people and capturing more than 2,000 people.
Considering the numerous cavalry battles between the two sides, Li Keyong probably lost no less than 30,000 troops before and after.
Of course, these 30,000 people were mixed with many state and county soldiers with average combat effectiveness, as well as temporarily recruited local peasants, but it was still a quite large number.
Among the various units of the Jin army that went north, except for the cavalry units, the only ones that were truly organized and ran away were the Xiongjie, Ma Qian Yin Qian and other units, Shen Yong, Shen Wei and other units, all of which lost some of their troops to a greater or lesser extent.
This blow is actually quite big. Li Cunxiao rubs salt into the wound again. It is hard to say how Li Keyong will react.
"No, Li Keyong doesn't know how to fight." Shao Shude took the still warm hare body and said: "He is short of capital now and must unite with Yi Ding Town to send troops. But the warriors of Yi Ding Town may not be willing to fight in
We may wait until next spring to send troops in the middle of winter."
After Guizhou surrendered, Yiding Town was directly bordering Daxia. It was impossible for Wang Gao not to panic.
But it is impossible for him to surrender or sit on the fence.
He only has two states and an army of 30,000 to 50,000, but he dares to fight in the field with your 100,000 imperial troops, believe it or not? Historically, Zhu Quanzhong unified Henan, most of Shannan East Road, the eastern half of Guanxi, Jin Jiangcixi, and part of Huainan Road, and surrendered to Wei
Bo, Chengde and other towns are extremely powerful, but has Yi Ding surrendered?
Of course not. Not only did they not surrender, but even after the main field force was gone, they refused to surrender and continued to resist.
This kind of thieves has no other choice but to be destroyed physically. There is no doubt that Yi Dingzhen will send troops to help Hedong.
"After the beginning of spring, Wuwei and other armies have almost completed their training and will be sent out to fight in Hebei." Shao Shude said: "Next year, I will be patrolling the north. You should prepare in advance."
"According to the order." Chen Cheng took the lead and responded.
The word "patrol" has more than just a superficial meaning. In many cases, it means war.
Yang Guang patrolled the Turks in the north and Tuyuhun in the west. These were not "patrols" but fighting.
Shao Sheng's northern tour was naturally touring Hebei.
At present, Hebei has conquered six prefectures of Weibo and three prefectures of Xingming. If the sage wants to see Hebei, the soldiers of the Forbidden Army will naturally have to work harder. If they stop at Weibo, it will indeed be a bit ugly.